Lead UI Engineer
$133,900 - $198,160 per year
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SENIORITY
Lead
SALARY
$133,900 - $198,160 per year
About the role
- Engage creatively with Design and Production on new features to identify opportunities, challenges and cost.
- Direct the technical design and implementation of the game's UI using highly supported / best-in-class patterns and UE frameworks.
- Maintain robust solutions for asynchronous asset management and integration with latent backend services (e.g. inventory, matchmaking, live telemetry) while maintaining a responsive user experience.
- Manage UI performance and memory budgets. Leverage GPU where needed to support competitive, high framerate play.
- Ensure UI implementations meet first party certification requirements.
- Build UI systems designed for global deployment - supporting dynamic text scaling, diverse font sets, complex string tables, and right-to-left languages.
- Implement comprehensive accessibility features to support inclusive UX design.
- Architect data-driven UI systems that support server-side configuration. This includes dynamic screen layouts, remote control reordering, friction reduction, and real-time promotions without requiring client patches.
- Mentor a team of UI engineers, conduct code reviews, and develop workflows to improve the efficiency of the UI/UX design team.
- What Will Make You A Great Fit:7+ years of professional game programming experience, including at least 2 shipped AAA titles in a Senior or Lead UI role.
- Deep technical knowledge of Unreal Engine UI systems, specifically CommonUI, UMG, Slate, and MVVM patterns.
- Expert C++ programming skills, specifically regarding asynchronous data handling, memory management, and C++/Blueprint interoperability.
- Direct experience resolving UI-related console certification issues (TRC/TCR) for Play
- Station and/or Xbox platforms.
- Practical understanding of the Unreal material pipeline as applied to building performant UI materials and shaders.
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